Sycophila (Tineomyza) zebrogastra Lotfalizadeh, 2024
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10524491 |
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Sycophila (Tineomyza) zebrogastra Lotfalizadeh |
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Sycophila (Tineomyza) zebrogastra Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n.
( Figs 6A, B View FIGURE 6 , 100–102 View FIGURE 100 View FIGURE 101 View FIGURE 102 )
Type material examined. Holotype ♀: United Republic of Tanzania, Mazumbai, Mt Usambara West, 23.ii.1995, ex syconia of Ficus thonningii , Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg. Deposited in CBGP. Paratypes: same data as holotype, 19♀ & 1♂. Usa River, -3.36869° 36.862022°, ex syconia of Ficus natalensis , 6.iv.1996, Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg., 1♂. Mialo, Mt Usambara West, ex syconia of Ficus thonningii , 20-21.ii.1995, Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg., 1♂. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Lamto, 6.222197° -5.024070°, ex syconia of Ficus platyphylla , 15.iv.1995, Kerdelhué C. leg., 1♀. Same locality, ex syconia of Ficus polita , 22.vi.1989, Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 1♀.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the striped colouration of gastral tergites.
Diagnosis. Female body mainly yellowish and partly brown ( Fig. 100A View FIGURE 100 ). Malar sulcus sinuous ( Fig. 100D View FIGURE 100 ). All funiculars longer than wide, fu1 as long as pedicel ( Fig. 100B View FIGURE 100 ). Basal carina of propodeum as an inverted V, truncate mesally ( Fig. 101B View FIGURE 101 ). Fore wing round apically, basal cell with long and sparse setae, costal cell dorsally with a row of setae, densely setose ventrally ( Fig. 101C View FIGURE 101 ). Petiole in dorsal view longer than wide, longer than half-length of hind coxa ( Fig. 101E View FIGURE 101 ).
Male with all funiculars long, longer than wide ( Fig. 102B View FIGURE 102 ). Dark brown spot of fore wing short and wider than long, costal cell dorsally with a row of setae, ventrally with more than two rows of setae ( Fig. 100A View FIGURE 100 ).
Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 100–101 View FIGURE 100 View FIGURE 101 ). Length 2.70 mm. Body yellowish ( Fig. 100A View FIGURE 100 ), except flagellum, petiole and tergites posteriorly brown and ocellar region, mesoscutum anteromedially and mesoscutellum medially slightly brownish-yellowish; antenna mostly dark brown; pronotum uniformly yellowish; fore wing with a dark brown spot below mv, lower margin of mv obscured by dark brown spot, reaching base of mv ( Fig. 101C View FIGURE 101 ); gaster bicoloured, striped ( Fig. 100E View FIGURE 100 ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark.
Head in frontal and dorsal views coriaceous with sparse punctures; in frontal view 1.3× as broad as high [HW 172 & HH 132] ( Fig. 100C View FIGURE 100 ); in dorsal view stout, 1.72× as broad as long [HW 158 & HL 92] ( Fig. 100D View FIGURE 100 ); malar space 0.63× length of eye [ms 38 & EH 60]; malar sulcus distinct, sinuous ( Fig. 100E View FIGURE 100 ); genal margin regularly curved, rounded; antennal toruli widely separated; interantennal space not raised, not carinate laterally; scrobal depression smooth, reaching the median ocellus, not carinate on margin; POL 2.04× as long as OOL [POL 45 & OOL 22] ( Fig. 100D View FIGURE 100 ); temple rounded, 0.33× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 28 & EL 85]; setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons.
Antenna. Scape reaching above the lower margin of median ocellus, 4.64× as long as broad [SL 130 & SW 28]; fu1 1.76× as long as broad [fu1L 44 & fu1W 25], not longer than pedicel, not bulging dorsally; funicular (fu2–fu4) with two rows of mps and 3 whorls of adpressed setae; fu2–fu4 distinctly longer than broad; fu5 distinctly longer than broad ( Fig. 100B View FIGURE 100 ).
Mesosoma weakly arched dorsally, 1.65× as long as wide (175:105), with obliterate punctures ( Fig. 101A View FIGURE 101 ); pronotum with coarse umbilicate punctures; mesepisternum flattened, without any process or raised sculpture on epicnemium; mesoscutum 0.6× as long as wide (60:105), 0.75× longer than length of pronotal collar (60:80), sparsely umbilicate, transversely strigose anteriorly; notauli impressed; prepectus bare, smooth medially; mesoscutellum with sparse umbilicate punctures laterally and coriaceous sculpture on mesoscutellar disc; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 101B View FIGURE 101 ) with shallow median depression, without smooth median band, without any median carina; lateral rows of areolae long and extending at least over posterior half of propodeum; basal carina inverted V, truncate mesally; lateral branches of basal carina slightly convex; distance between lateral carinae less than 0.5× width of nucha.
Fore wing with long marginal fringe, distal margin round; dark brown spot below mv; basal cell with long and sparse setae; mv distinctly enlarged, triangular broadened, in lower margin straight, longer than pmv; stv not curved; pmv not distinct, not longer than stv; ventral side of costal cell densely setose, dorsally with row of setae; speculum present; parastigmal bristles absent ( Figs 101C, 101F View FIGURE 101 ).
Legs. Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (30:12) and hind femora (40:17); hind tibia dorsally with about 10 setae, setae shorter than basal tibial width.
Metasoma. Petiole longer than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 absent. Metasoma 1.75× as long as wide (175:100) ( Fig. 101E View FIGURE 101 ), longer than mesosoma, slightly compressed laterally ( Fig. 101D View FIGURE 101 ); ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 absent; petiole in dorsal view longer than wide, longer than half length of hind coxa; tergites finely sculptured; Gt4 (in lateral view) slightly as long as Gt3, not sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 mostly covering Gt6, not sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 with few setae dorsally, Gt6 sparsely setose ventrally; ovipositor upturned ( Fig. 101E View FIGURE 101 ).
Male ( Fig. 102 View FIGURE 102 ). Length 2.00– 2.20 mm. Similar to female with longer petiole ( Fig. 102A View FIGURE 102 ); antennal formula 11143; each funicular with 1–2 rows of mps and 2 whorls of erected setae ( Fig. 102B View FIGURE 102 ); fore wing more setose than in female, without speculum ( Fig. 102C View FIGURE 102 ).
Variation. Length 1.75–3.45 mm. In a few specimens body entirely dark brown or tergites dark brown and in some other specimens, gaster entirely yellowish.
Host plants. Ficus natalensis , F. platyphylla , F. polita and F. thonningii .
Geographical distribution. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and United Republic of Tanzania.
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